Facilitating Safe and Secure Science: Practical Approaches for IBCs

This biennial conference focuses on best practices, policy developments, and ways to improve your IBC program.  The 2013 conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel.

Who should attend?

• Institutional Biosafety Committee members and staff
• Biosafety professionals
• Research administrators
• Scientists
• Others involved in the conduct and oversight of recombinant DNA research

The NIH-OBA Steering Committee has determined a portion of the program. There will be:

• Pre-conference half-day “IBC Fundamentals Course”
• Post-conference half-day “”Introduction to Viral Vectors” course
• Post-conference tour of University of Washington’s brand new state-of-the-art BSL-3 / ABSL-3 biocontainment facility
• Keynote by Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., president of Stony Brook University
• Time set aside for networking and free exchange of documents, templates, ideas and approaches
• Plenary sessions on:
  • Managing and Evaluating Your Institutional Biosafety Program
  • Viral Vectors – Overview and Development of Training Resources
  • Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences
  • Mock IBC
  • Regulatory Round Table